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jandl100
03-08-2009, 15:43
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/YamahaPF-800.jpg

:smoking:

chris@panteg
03-08-2009, 20:31
PF 800 belt drive ' where on earth did you find it 'and was it an expensive hit or cheap as chips .

Beechwoods
03-08-2009, 20:42
Knowing Jerry's knack for a bargain, it would have been cheaper than chips, and complete with a NOS never-unused cartridge! His version of eBay is like a parallel dimension to the one I'm signed up to!

jandl100
03-08-2009, 21:40
Yep - a 'Yamaha' PF-800 - actually a Micro Seiki, I believe!

Stunning sound - my Ortofon Rondo cart has never tracked so well! It just sounds so totally secure and unphased by any groove antics. Really pleased with the sq. Vinyl has never sounded so good here. :)

No, not cheap as chips - at least, not unless your local chippie charges £350! ;)

A sonic bargain, nonetheless - I do like my Japanese tt's! I tried a Rock II, which turned out to have some problems and so got returned. I preferred the Yammie anyhow.

& a new belt for it is on order from the USofA just to make sure it's a doin' of its best for me. :smoking:

chris@panteg
04-08-2009, 13:17
I like it ' mm Jap turntables are damn good IMHO .

Oh how i wish i got into them back in 1985 ' instead of reading and believing all that claptrap ' Chris Frankland was spouting in the Flatulant response.

Marco
04-08-2009, 13:40
Hi Jerry,

Nice one :smoking:

You're a jammy git! I've always rated the PF800 since I 'bumped into' one in a high-end dealer's in Germany a few years ago. Here's another one for sale on my favourite (although expensive) vintage site priced at, errm, slightly more than £350 :eyebrows::

http://www.audioscope.net/yamaha-pf800-mint-p-910.html

Consider yourself to have nabbed a veritable (and rare) bargain! I wouldn't be letting that one go too soon if I were you :cool:

Marco.

DSJR
04-08-2009, 13:46
Was this ever sold in the UK?

So many of these rare items were sold in Europe but never came over the channel. if any did, it was in tens of units or less, so blinkered were we by Linn and other home grown springy belt drives of the times...

jandl100
05-08-2009, 07:32
Hi Jerry,

Nice one :smoking:

You're a jammy git! I've always rated the PF800 since I 'bumped into' one in a high-end dealer's in Germany a few years ago. Here's another one for sale on my favourite (although expensive) vintage site priced at, errm, slightly more than £350 :eyebrows::

http://www.audioscope.net/yamaha-pf800-mint-p-910.html



Jeez - that a £grand! :eek:




Consider yourself to have nabbed a veritable (and rare) bargain! I wouldn't be letting that one go too soon if I were you :cool:

Marco.

Thanks Marco. :)

Yep, I have to say that it simply sounds fabulous.
Compared to a Townshend Rock 2 / Excalibur unipivot / Merlin PSU (which admittedly had a slight case of the wows - & t'ank de Lord for that, or I would never have bought the Yammie!) it is just so much more musical and involving.

And the total security with which my Orty Rondo tracks is a genuine joy to behold. That arm looks a bit weird - OK, it is a bit weird! :eyebrows: - but by gum, it does the job!

Yep, it sure sounds like a grand's worth. I am 1HB - One Happy Bunny :wow:

jandl100
05-08-2009, 07:41
Was this ever sold in the UK?

So many of these rare items were sold in Europe but never came over the channel. if any did, it was in tens of units or less, so blinkered were we by Linn and other home grown springy belt drives of the times...

I don't know if they were sold in the UK. From scanning the InterWeb with Google I deduce there are quite a few in the USofA, where they seem to have a bit of a following.

The design is a quite clever - the platter/arm is suspended on three springs but the control panel (front-right which controls on/off, cueing and 33/45speed) is anchored through the suspended base and so is very easy to access.

There are also speed control dials - I have a strobe light / disc on its way to me from a kind forum member so I can make sure the speed is spot on.

A playing LP is so totally impervious to knocks and nudges I have to admit to being just a bit amazed! :)

Yup, this tt is going nowhere for quite a while. :cool:

Marco
05-08-2009, 07:44
Jerry, I'd be keeping the Carys and the Yamaha for a very long time indeed! IMO, they're the cream of your current crop of kit and amongst the best things you've ever bought :)

Enjoy!

Marco.

StanleyB
05-08-2009, 08:17
The PF-800 was possibly the best TT Yamaha ever made. I wrote an article about it, plus mentioned some mods I used to have on it, on a headphone site called head-fi. Goes back a few years though.

Mind you, I wouldn't swap my own DDX-1000 for any other TT in the world:smoking:.

Stan

jandl100
05-08-2009, 08:25
Jerry, I'd be keeping the Carys and the Yamaha for a very long time indeed! IMO, they're the cream of your current crop of kit and amongst the best things you've ever bought :)

Enjoy!

Marco.

Yes, I do have some nice kit at the moment! :carrot:

But you might be surprised at the Leema Xavier speakers - they seem to get on well with the Cary amps and are quite possibly the best all-rounders I have owned, and exceptional in their ability to throw palpable in-the-room images. I've had them some months now, without a thought of moving them on! :)

Marco
05-08-2009, 08:31
Could this be a final system then for Jerry the unrepentant box-swapper? Shurely not? :eyebrows:

Marco.

Spectral Morn
05-08-2009, 08:42
I will believe it when I don't see it (i.e... add for item for sale or swap);):lol::lol:
Seriously though Jerry its all looking very good, and no doubt sounding excellent as well.


Regards D S D L

jandl100
05-08-2009, 08:45
Could this be a final system then for Jerry the unrepentant box-swapper? Shurely not? :eyebrows:

Marco.

No chance. :)

So much hifi to try, so little time. :lol:

.... but some stuff stays a lot longer than others.